The Osceola times., 1887-06-11


Wetn show ct London, sustained q CON-
pound fracture Of one OF his thighs OF the
lst, by being thrown from his horse.
TuR clearing away OF the debris fro m
the site OF the Paris Opera Comiquc was
concluded on the lst No moro bodies
were found. 6e Temps says the Official
death list is seventy, OF which fifty have
been Identified Two wagon loads oil
charred limbs have been taken TO the
morgue.
REV. JoHS Cox, assistant priest OF tn c
Church Of the Visitation, Philadelphia,
was drowned by the upsetting Of a sail.
boat Dr. J. W. Donnelly, who WAS In the
boat with Father Cox, was rescued by a
tugboat Father Cox was fifty years old,
and had been a priest for twenty-five
years
REvILLo HOWARD. aged ffty.fve, a wcll'
known Jamaica W. farmer, having sent
his wife on an errand on the 81, loaded
his rife, and on hor return discharged II
at her, the ball passing through her head.
The cause OF the shooting Ia attributed by
the neighbors TO insanity Mrs. Howard,
II is thought is fatally wounded.
X A. TuPPER, who says he Is a Sunday
school superintendent In Fairfield, Ia,
complained to the New York police on the
I'd that he had been robbed ofst0) hut
subsequently confessed that he went to
New York intending 10 buy counterfeit
money. The swindlers robbed him by
placing his satchel with another in a sa-
loon.
CHARLES b. PARCELS, manager Of the
Halls Safe and Lock Company at San
Francisco for nearly twenty-five years, is
said to be a defaulter for % l,00). He had a
large salary and considerable real estate
and lived In fine stylo. He was a prom.
inent member Of the church. PARCELS has
decided r0W) worth Of property to avoid
prosecution. II is said that he was ruined
by mining speculation.
Or the 3D. Robert a. Hall shot and
killed Mrs. Lillian Rivers at Philadelphia,
and then tried TO kill himself with razor
Ok the Sd Mrs. Cigncral the New York
murderess, was sentenced 10 death, her
execution being set for July 20.
PosT-oPFicE robborics have been dis
covered in Barcelona, Spain, and a mum.
bcr Of guilty employees have been ar.
rested.
On the 81, Morris Marks, who killed his
boarding mistress, Annie Kakwoski, in
New York, by throwing vitrol over her,
was sentenced TO the State prison for
twenty years--thc highest penalty-under
his conviction OF. f.manslaughter in the first
degree.
OK the 81 three powder mills at Freder.
icksvark, Denmark, thirty miles from
Copenhagen, exploded. Fire broke out
and caused much damage.
No loss OF life occurred.
On the evening Of the 81, Tim Brady, a
4 ll oh
killed by Policeman g. W. Kcycs. Brady
had boon drunk all dag, and keycs alleges
that he drew knife on him without
TowSsySD and Augustus johnson, the
men who set fire to Palmcr's cooporagc in
Williamsburg on April o and again on
May 2S, were sentenced at the Kings
County IN. W Court of Sessions on the
81, by Judge Moore, to the fr!l penalty Of
the law-fourtcen years each.
SEVEN men we're instantly killed and a
number more were fatally and otherwise
injured by an explosion In stone quarry
at Birmin CHAM, Pa, on the 4th.
OK the 4th Texas a. Pacific train was
stopped by four masked robbers ten miles
west OF Fort Worth, and the mail and ex-
press was rified, but how much they Sc
cured is not yet known.
OK the 4th the jury in the case Of Mrs
Mary Wileman, on second trial at Little
Valley, N. Y, for the murder Of her hus-
band, re cturned verdict Of not guilty. Mrs.
Wileman tainted when she heard the
words that set her free again.
Or the 4th George II. wilson was found
guilty OF murder in the first degree a:
Philadelphia, for the killing of Wakefield
Gaines.
Harry SnELpoS, workman in the
Scranton (Pa.) File Works, was injured
so badly by being struck by piece Of n
burstod grindstonc, on the 4th, that he
died In few hours
Tn. latest estimate of victims OF the
burned Paris Opera Comlque places the
number at l3o including the remains Of
70 persons found In the ruins so badly
burned as to bc unrecognizalle.
OK the 4th, Owen 2. Reynolds and Owen
Williams were caught in fall of rock in
the Empire mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
and both were killed.
OK the 4th the large warehouse OF j. A.
Dean Il Co, at Richmond, Staten Island,
together with 81, 900 bushels Of flaxsecd.
was burned. Loss, tso0o0: partially in
sured
OK the evening Of the 4th, during the
performance OF a circls in the town OF
Ncschin, Russia, a storm OF wiDd un-
rooted the building, causing the walls TO
collapse upon the audience Of 2,o0) people,
The oil from the lamps ignitcd and set
Gre to the ruins. A large number OF per-
sons were burned or trampled TO death,
and three hundred others were injured.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ok the lst the thirty-third biennicl con-
vention of the Evangelical Lutheran
church in the United States, began its
sessions at Omaha. y b.
MANY bridges along the Southern Pacific
railway have been washed away by re-
cent floods.
AN Indian Prince is working up treason
against the British Government in favor
Of Russia.
OK the lst proposals for the completion
Of the terrace and grand stairways of the
National Capitol wer, opened at the archi.
tects Office in Washington. The vcr-
mont Merble Company was the success
ful bidder, and as they had charge OF all
work done heretofore, IL assures un,-
formity in the entire terrace and stair
ways. The bid was 81 g. 100
'TnR gradual substitution Of electric
light for gas, and the adoption of better
mechanical methods and the more Judi
cious purchase of coal for the public
buildings throughout tho country have re-
suited in saving Of about 80, 0)) under
the Appropriation for fuel, light aud water
for the current fiscal year.
THE Commissioner of tho General Land
Once has forwarded to the Secretary OF
the Interior recommendation that a
certain contract Of land In Seneca Coun-
ty, o.. one mile square, BE- sold. This
tract soma fifty ynnrs nro Avas allnfcd u